Tag: confusing words
Principal, Principle
What are the principles that are dear to you as the principal of the college?
Principal functions as a noun and an adjective, and has...
Rise, Raise, Raize
Rise, Raise, Raze
The fortunes of a person, or a country, could rise, and could be razed down by one or the other factor, but...
See, Saw, Sawed, Sawn
See, Saw, Sawed, Sawn
“Kochu Maria sawed up the rest of the cake messily, laboriously, breathing through her mouth, as though she was carving a...
Stationary, Stationery
Stationary, Stationery
The spellchecker in the computers will not help us when we use stationery in the place of stationary. And a letter makes the...
Taut, Taught, Taunt, (Tautology & Tautonym)
Taut, Taught, Taunt
“He had the high cheekbones of the Indian race in his blood, the skin taut and faintly redolent of vermilion as if...
Than, Then, Thence
Than, Then, Thence
Who is greater than who, and whom, and why? Because few people live by what they preach, and accomplish and sacrifice for...
To, Too, Two
To, Too, Two
“We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity, more than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness....
Which, That, Witch
Which, That, Witch
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma - which is living with...
Whose, Who’s
Whose, Who’s
Whose and who’s are similar in their usage like his and he’s respectively.
Who owns Internet? Whose property is Internet infrastructure? No one owns...